I get this stuff on 'tasklist' cmd.
svchost.exe 1400 Console 0
5.292 K
To see what NT services are rolled up into each instance of svchost,
you need to use Process Explorer from SysInternals.
MsMpEng.exe 1512 Console 0
20.012 K
MSASCui.exe 3904 Console 0
7.648 K
That is Microsoft's Windows Defender.
IAANTMon.exe 676 Console 0
1.496 K
SynTPLpr.exe 3792 Console 0
2.460 K
SynTPEnh.exe 3812 Console 0
4.556 K
AGRSMMSG.exe 3820 Console 0
2.612 K
ltmoh.exe 3828 Console 0
3.104 K
shstat.exe 3836 Console 0
572 K
UpdaterUI.exe 3844 Console 0
492 K
LEXBCES.EXE 340 Console 0
3.456 K
LEXPPS.EXE 368 Console 0
3.484 K
FrameworkService.exe 708 Console 0
7.236 K
VsTskMgr.exe 816 Console 0
400 K
naPrdMgr.exe 824 Console 0
1.120 K
IAAnotif.exe 4000 Console 0
2.544 K
BtnHnd.exe 4020 Console 0
2.972 K
BATTERYAID.exe 4060 Console 0
3.400 K
IndicatorUty.exe 4072 Console 0
3.020 K
QuickTouch.exe 412 Console 0
6.340 K
ATSwpNav.exe 760 Console 0
3.444 K
FUJ02E3.exe 900 Console 0
2.484 K
hpwuSchd2.exe 944 Console 0
2.336 K
realsched.exe 964 Console 0
244 K
EasyPHP.exe 1044 Console 0
5.716 K
hpgs2wnd.exe 1856 Console 0
3.660 K
hpgs2wnf.exe 1664 Console 0
3.476 K
EK.exe 2884 Console 0
2.820 K
You'll have to go find those files to determine what they are for.
Google search on them. Search for where they are on your hard disk as
that may determine their purpose or to what software they belong.
Some look to be laptop utilities - but then you never mentioned that
your "computer" was a laptop. If it is a laptop, why are you running
server software on it?
schedul2.exe 408 Console 0
2.416 K
TrueImageMonitor.exe 1496 Console 0
3.408 K
schedhlp.exe 1444 Console 0
2.692 K
TimounterMonitor.exe 2820 Console 0
4.552 K
Happen to have Acronis TrueImage running on this host?
GhostStartService.exe 620 Console 0
2.280 K
And Norton Ghost, too? Pick one backup/imaging program and stick with
that one. If this is not part of Norton Ghost, find where is the file
on the hard disk to determine to which product it belongs.
inetinfo.exe 688 Console 0
10.196 K
Might be running to provide IIS (web server) management although IIS
doesn't actually need to be running. I think it might be required if
you use web sharing of folders (but then I think IIS has to be running
to provide the web server-style access).
Mcshield.exe 776 Console 0
68.868 K
McAfee VirusScan or part of a McAfee security suite.
HPZipm12.exe 1032 Console 0
1.804 K
My guess is this has to do with a printer. Got an HP printer?
Running some toolbox program for it?
alg.exe 2352 Console 0
3.668 K
This is the Application Layer Gateway. You only need to have this NT
service enabled and running if you use the firewall included in
Windows or you run ICS (the gateway server program to make your host
look like a gateway for Internet access to other hosts inside your
network, but most folks nowadays just connect all their hosts to a
router).
explorer.exe 3652 Console 0
27.248 K
That would be your desktop.
TaskSwitch.exe 3852 Console 0
1.912 K
Install the TaskSwitch powertoy from Microsoft? If yes, it isn't
stable so you might want to rethink leaving that powertoy installed.
rundll32.exe 2468 Console 0
3.584 K
You will need Process Explorer to find out which program from within a
DLL file is being executed by this process. You might be able to use
msconfig.exe or AutoRuns to find a startup entry for this. DLLs are
libraries of functions or methods that are collated together within a
single file. Each function is called by name, or an entry point, in
the DLL file. So the complete command line will be something like
"rundll32.exe <dllfile>,<parameters>". For simplistic security
products, like many firewalls, they don't check what the program uses
for parameters so they only know rundll32.exe was executed and most
users permit that program to run but this is a security risk because
it could be malware or unwantedware that gets loaded and is running.
mysqld.exe 2556 Console 0
10.516 K
MySQL daemon: An SQL server. Probably runs as an NT service so it
loads on Windows startup. You certainly seem to be running lots of
server-level programs on a workstation host. It also seems odd that
you have the expertise to be installing and using these type of
programs but no understanding of how to administer Windows.
ctfmon.exe 2664 Console 0
3.524 K
Don't know what that one is. Start doing a file search to find it, or
use Process Explorer from SysInternals to get more info on it.
Apache.exe 2944 Console 0
13.256 K
You are running the Apache web server on a workstation-class operating
system? Well, yeah, it can be done. Presumably it was installed to
run as an NT service. I have to wonder why you cannot decipher your
own startup and running processes if you have the wherewithall to
manage a web server and its pages.
You listed 2 instances of this process. Seems odds that it needs to
be loaded twice.
iexplore.exe 4404 Console 0
53.608 K
Did you actually have a visible instance of Internet Explorer
displayed when you ran the 'tasklist' command? If not, you have
malware that is running a hidden (no window) instance of IE. You
listed 2 instances of this process. Did you have 2 instances of IE
open at the time? Obviously IE would *not* be loading on Windows
startup to effect a lag in how long before it becomes ready for use.
You are showing a lot of irrelevant processes to your problem
regarding startup time.
WLLoginProxy.exe 4424 Console 0
7.500 K
You are also running a local web proxy in addition to a web server and
SQL server on an end-user host (and maybe a laptop, too)?
msimn.exe 4808 Console 0
22.728 K
That is Outlook Express. Was there a reason that you had it running
with you ran 'tasklist'? Obviously it should not be running when you
startup Windows and when you login, and it is the startup time that
you were complaining about.
AcroRd32.exe 5896 Console 0
26.884 K
Why was Acrobat Reader running at the time?
notepad.exe 1684 Console 0
3.776 K
Well, even you can figure that one out. Obviously that process would
NOT be a cause of the lag to get Windows ready since it does *not*
load on Windows startup or when you login.
cmd.exe 5240 Console 0
2.732 K
And you have a DOS shell open, too? Geez, how much garbage do you
have running all at once and claiming to be loading when Windows
starts?
I'm starting to suspect that this is NOT your laptop or was a used one
that you somehow acquired. If you had the expertise to manage and
understand all the software that you show is running on your computer
then you would have the expertise to understand those processes.
